IN the ſpring of 1792, it was ſuggeſted to me by ſome moſt dear and intimate friends, that, from the age and long ſervices of the profeſſor of civil law in this univerſity, it might be a meaſure both agreeable to him, and acceptable beſides to all concerned in the nomination, were the active duties of that chair to be diſcharged, in time coming, by another; who ſhould, upon the gentleman's reſignation, be appointed joint profeſſor with the right of ſurvivancy: and, for this purpoſe, they kindly thought that the choice, without any impropriety, might
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